December was a busy month and I haven't had the chance to sit down and blog again. So Hello! Happy New Year! We went on a short vacation before New Year to recharge and be with family who I haven't seen in two years. January didn't actually start on a good note because I got Covid but I'm well now and doing good!
Because I was in isolation for 14 days, I couldn't just watch Netflix all day so it was a good thing that I discovered another website for online games, it's www.culinaryschools.org. And yes, it's all food and culinary-related games! It says Kids Food/Cooking Games but it also can be enjoyed by us with kids-at-heart! Right?! There are over 150 online games about food, farming, cooking, the culinary arts, the restaurant business and hospitality-related careers.
I love playing online games for killing time or when I need a break from whenever I work on my laptop. I had so much fun playing the games. There are games that you need to play continuously (and gets really addicting!) and there are short and quick games with different levels.
Sharing with you some of my favorite games on the website: Tap Supermarket and Coffee Shop!
Tap Supermarket is an isometric game where the player must manage a grocery store including restocking produce, expanding the line of goods sold, and checking out customers. As you proogress through the game you can unlock new displays.
When my son saw me playing Tap Supermarket, he wanted to try it too! I gave him the link and he has been playing this game too! It's really fun but at the same time it's exciting you're able to unlock all the displays!
Coffee Shop is a simulation game where you see how much money you can help Cafe Calypso earn in a month. The game includes factors like stocking ingredients, ingredient spoilage, changing drink formulas, managing drink price, and changing consumer demand based on changes in the weather.
I am still getting the hang of this game but I am also enjoying this too especially when my coffee sells out!
And when I don't feel like playing simulation games, I play idle games like Burger Maker, Pancake Pile-Up and Pizza Party. Hey, they're all my favorite food! Haha!
Here, you just stack up the ingredients base on the order.
On Pizza Party, you just put the ingredients of their pizza order and as you level up, you unlock more pizza flavors!
Here, you need to stack pancakes as high as you can! I piled up 39 pieces until it fell down.
What I like about online games is that I don't to install it on my computer or on my phone. I can just bookmark https://www.culinaryschools.org/kids-games/ and just go the website whenever I want to play. Also, I appreciate that there's no ads while I play so I can just continuously play Tap Market as long as I want to! :) While some of the games load slower than the other, I really don't mind, but I hope they can fix that. There are over 150 games on the website, you will never ran out of games to play with. I'm sure you would find a game or 2 that you'll like.
Halloween is just 10 days away! The holiday is getting more and more popular each year and it's one of the many holidays my kids look forward to because C-A-N-D-I-E-S! They love loading their pumpkin head buckets with loads and loads of treats. This year, our beloved McDonald's is joining the Halloween bandwagon as it holds the Grand Halloween Family Fun Day for the first time ever in Manila and for the second consecutive year in Cebu! Get ready for exciting games, treats and tricks, bone-chilling prizes and more spooktacular surprises. Enter the Magical Kingdom Gates, play thrilling games at the Magical Kingdom Grounds and watch the Royal McSpectacle!
In Manila, it's happening at World Trade Center on October 29, 2016.
In Cebu, it's happening at J. Center Mall, Mandaue City on October 22, 2016.
Tickets are available in all McDonald’s restaurants in Metro Manila and in Cebu. Kids who will sign up will get their cape, pumpkin bag, and a hat to complete their overall Halloween look! They will also enjoy their Happy Meal with 1PC Chicken McDo meal.
Have you ever heard of Magformers®? Well, if you haven't, you must read through this entry and by the end of it I am sure you would want to buy a set for your kids or even for yourself! Seriously, the mommies were also amazed on how amazing this product is!
Would you believe these are all magnets?
Magformers® is the world's largest magnetic construction toy. It's developed in 2005 as a 3D magnetic educational toy which enhances children's creativity and brain development.
Each shape is encapsulated with rotating Rare Earth Neodymium magnets, the strongest of their kind for guaranteed connectivity. It's five times more powerful than ordinary magnets! The neodymium magnet makes Magformers®rotate to any direction and connect each other regardless of their position when two Magformers® are brought together.
Last month, a few of us mommas met with the distributor of Magformers® in the Philippines and we got to play with Magformers® over breakfast and chismis! Heehee!
Super yummy Wagyu Beef Tapa and Champorado! You must try Angel's Kitchen's breakfast! I'm going back there in a week! Yay!
Is it a donkey? a horse? Can you guess what it is? It's a fox!!!
More Magformers® in the form of transportations! Galing no?
Magformers® come in all shapes and sizes! Each Magformers® set contains different shapes from other sets. It's one the reasons why it is addicting for the kids and the parents! The possibilities are limitless!
Ang dami diba? You don't have to worry about its safety because every magnet is kept safe and secure in Sonic welded, BPA free, HQABS plastic.
We got the Carnival Set! The kids were so excited to open it, parang early Christmas gift! It was both fun and challenging to put it together. Building the set was a great bonding time for me and the kids!
Here's how it looks inside and...
tadaahhh! It's so fun building it! You can make other things from the set. Each box comes with a manual where you can copy and follow how to make other shapes and things.
Magformers® not only tickles your imagination and creativity, it also stimulates the brain, and get Mathematical the fun way! What I love about Magformers® is that I know my kids can still play them as they grow up, it may be the new building blocks for now, but I see them using it in the future for Math, Science, Art or whatever they want it to be! And as for the tutor momma in me, I see myself using Magformers® as a teaching tool and make study time more fun! Check out the different sets of Magformers®!
R has been asking me to get him cars (meaning the wheels)!
For all our little princesses, this Princess Set is perfect! Don't you just love the colors?
For your little ones, a new version of those "building blocks"! Magformers naman!
Sharing with you a few Magformers® video and I am sure by the end of watching these videos, you'd want to go to the nearest toy store to buy a set! It makes the perfect gift, right?
Magformers® is available at Rustan's Makati, Rustan's Shangri-la and Toys 'R Us Trinoma!
In this day and age of technology, gadget is now a necessity for daily living. My kids would always fight over the iPad on whose turn is it and the only way to make them stop is to take the iPad away and let them play for real! While both my kids have learned a lot of things from the apps in the iPad, it's through active sensory play when all their five senses are awakened to discover and learn the world around them. My kids would always have playground time in the afternoon after their nap, they take their scooters, toys or sometimes play bubbles with their friends at the playground.
Y at Intramuros Pasyal last year. Big Happy Bubbles!
Science and play. Making Ooey Gooey slime with EFK's Chemical Engineering Kit!
Playing with glue and food coloring!
The different sports she learned at RSGK improved her fine motor skills, built her confidence and interest in sports.
I have to admit though that the only "active play" they have the most is their playground time. We had summer activities at home, out of town trips, and Y was enrolled in RSGK for three months but I'm happy the kids got to experience more of sensory play activities outdoor two weeks ago at the Johnson's Play For Real event.
Johnson's Baby is committed to a happy and healthy child development.
“Active play is integral and essential in the holistic development of children to let them discover the world around them. As a brand, this is something we would like to keep reminding parents of. With the information and products we offer, parents can let their children turn playtime to a time of learning while they #playforreal. ” says Trina Tanlapco, Johnson’s Associate Marketing Director.
Here's a video showing how moms reacted when they took away their kids's gadgets and let them play for real!
Johnson's Baby turned the North Greenhills playground into a big sensorial playground with a lot of activities for the kids. I think both the kids and adult enjoyed every minute of it!
The farming box was a hit! R kept on digging and digging.
and he also liked to transfer the kernels to the bucket!
While Y digs up and search for hidden things in this box of soil.
And water is always fun for the kids! My kids can stay all day in the bathroom in the tub. They think it's a small swimming pool! Heehee! We have all sorts of toys so it's always fun even it's bath time!
Sponges, rubber duckies, and lots and lots of bubbles are enough to make the kids busy, use their senses and learn a lot of things.
How to get the water from one basin to another? This made Y think, she got a sponge brought it to the other basin then had an a-ha moment and squeezed it! Y enjoyed doing this activity! It's Play For Real at its finest!
A big white canvass! R grabbed one ball and started rolling in on the paper. He does this with his cars at home. He uses the wheels to paint anything!
A lot of effort was put into this and I love how they recycle Johnson's Baby bottles and use them for this color mixing apparatus.
Right: Kaye with Riley making a rocket made of empty powder and bath soap bottles!
And when the water sprinklers were turned on, the kids washed off the soil, soap, paint on their hands then later on turned into a friendly water fight.
Kids taking turns getting water from the sprinkler
Splish splash!
These girls were all happy and soaking wet by the end of the event! Y has been asking me when can we go back to the playground. Heehee! I therefore conclude that this is one of the best events that Y has been to.
While the kids were having fun in the sun, the mommas (and Raizo, who doesn't want to get wet) stayed in the shade.
For more of sensorial play we can do at home, Johnson's Baby has partnered with The Learning Basket and came up with a Play For Real Sensory Kit which contains all sorts of Johnson's Baby products and a booklet (of recipes) of different sensory activities we can make at home!
Mariel of The Learning Basket explaining the different activities found in the kit.
I love everything in this kit. I promised the kids we will do one of the activities one of these days (when I have a helper na!).
And while we can't do any of the activities from the sensorial kit now, I'll continue what we have been doing, fun bath time, playing Lego, and role playing in their play kitchen and more! Don't forget to play with your kids because play time makes memories and can mean so much more!
